The antigenic relationships among Hart Park (HP) virus strain AR 70, Flanders virus strain 61-7484, and other related strains were investigated. Strains AR 70 and 61-7484 were shown to be antigenically related but different from each other in neutralization, complement fixation, and double-diffusion tests. Two strains isolated in Texas and one strain each, isolated in Illinois and Florida, appe...

Abstract Objectives Cannabis is a popular drug in Flanders, in spite of the fact that the prevention of its use lists high on the Flemish political agenda. The Flemish Government aims to prevent cannabis use efficiently and in achieving this, a health economic analysis could be helpful. The possibilities and limitations of applying economic evaluation techniques to the prevention of substance (...

CONTEXT Existing empirical evidence shows that continuous deep sedation until death is given in about 15% of all deaths in Flanders, Belgium (BE), 8% in The Netherlands (NL), and 17% in the U.K. OBJECTIVES This study compares characteristics of continuous deep sedation to explain these varying frequencies. METHODS In Flanders, BE (2007) and NL (2005), death certificate studies were conducte...

Melanie Gerard,1,4 Angélique Deleersnijder,1,5 Veronique Daniëls,5 Sarah Schreurs,3 Sebastian Munck,6 Veerle Reumers,5 Hans Pottel,2 Yves Engelborghs,3 Chris Van den Haute,5 Jean-Marc Taymans,5 Zeger Debyser,1,4 and Veerle Baekelandt5 Laboratories of 1Biochemistry and 2Biophysics, Interdisciplinary Research Centre, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-Kortrijk, B-8500 Kortrijk, Flanders, Belgium, 3La...

Together we change: An ambitious blueprint for primary healthcare in Flanders François G. Schellevis & Peter P. Groenewegen To cite this article: François G. Schellevis & Peter P. Groenewegen (2015): Together we change: An ambitious blueprint for primary healthcare in Flanders, European Journal of General Practice, DOI: 10.3109/13814788.2015.1092517 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10...

Since 2002, Belgium has had a national law legalising euthanasia. The law prescribes several substantive due care requirements and two procedural due care requirements, i.e. consultation with an independent physician and reporting of euthanasia to a Federal Control Committee. A large discrepancy in reporting rates between the Dutch-speaking (Flanders) and the French-speaking (Wallonia) parts of...

Pyoverdine Receptor: a Case of Positive Darwinian Selection in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Burkhard Tümmler* and Pierre Cornelis Klinische Forschergruppe, OE6711, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, D-30625 Hannover, Germany, and Flanders Interuniversity Institute of Biotechnology (VIB6), Laboratory of Microbial Interactions, Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, Flanders Interuniversity ...